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LOT 1733
Large Stone Age Flint Axe Head from Spiennes
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6000 B.P.
8 in. (645 grams, 20.5 cm).
Lozengiform in section with rounded butt and broad cutting edge; marked 'SP V' for findspot 'Spiennes'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the world renowned and now world heritage flint factory site of Spiennes, Belgium.
From an old Paris collection.
Acquired on the European art market.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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Stone Age Leaf-Shaped Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface leaf-shaped and piriform flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 113 grams total, 23-41 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Similar specimens of arrowheads have been found in the Eastern Sahara Region of Abu Tartur Plateau. Most of the arrowheads came from the El Jarar Neolithic, c. 7700-7300 B.P. (c.6500-6100 B.C.). Other parallels occur in the region of Kharga Oasis. -
Stone Age British Worked Flint Knife Blade Group
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Knapped two-edged blades and scrapers, some with cortex to one face. 226 grams total, 26-69 mm
Found on various sites in North East Essex, UK, since 1983. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Stone Age Knapped Axe Head
Neolithic Period, 5500-2200 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,235
Core tool, roughly hewn on all sides with cortex remains on the narrow end; relatively symmetrical, elongated oval in shape with irregular to lanceolate, thick cross-section; one broad side more convex than the other, straight in longitudinal profile; round, unworked neck with cortex remains, rounded cutting edge, smooth transition from cutting edge to longitudinal edges; beige-grey marbled stone (silex); mounted on a custom-made display stand. 850 grams total, 21.2 cm including stand
Ex Hervé Bouraly, Paris, between 1965-1974. Inscription on object: 'Ecox.1., .17.Ecoyeux.I' and 'Ecx 1'. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00134582. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
